South Park:
The Complete Twenty-Sixth Season
review by Bobby Blakey
There are few cartoon series that have lasted as long as Comedy Central’s South Park. While the spotlight on the series might not be as bright as it once was that hasn’t slowed it down one bit. When CBS All-Access became Paramount+ there were numerous new projects announced including some new South Park specials focusing on the pandemic and usual antics. Now the series is bringing the complete 26th season home to fans.
For those living under a rock, South Park follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado. In this latest season they learn the wonders of Japanese toilets, grapple with latest developments in A.I. technology, re-open an iconic Colorado restaurant, and meet a couple who feel the need to share the importance of their Privacy with the world. For them, it’s all part of growing up in South Park!
Where the more recent seasons have been keeping an ongoing story arch throughout the season, this one returned to more one-off episodes while still having certain elements continue. I love this format a lot better as it allows for more creativity and silliness and just works better in my opinion.
This season continues the genius trend of dealing with topical stories in the world through their ridiculous issues in the town. I had a blast with this season, but I think my favorite over all is the story dealing with Token and finding out the truth about his name which is pure brilliance. There are so many laugh-out loud moments that are just as cringe worthy knowing they are not really that far from reality in what they are saying.
Much like the previous season it only offers up six episodes which I am sure is due to the various specials they have been doing including the Pandemic/Covid special, Streaming Wars and more recently the Panderverse. Still, I would love to get a few more for the season, but they still pour everything into all of them and are hilarious as ever.
Trey Parker and Matt Stone have continued to kill it with this show since day one and show no signs of slowing down. While I don’t always agree with the view point they throw out there, I am always entertained and laugh out loud often. I love this series as much now as I did the first time I saw it back in 1997.
Head on down to South Park and grab your copy of South Park: The Complete Twenty-Sixth Season when it hits Blu-ray and DVD on October 7th from Comedy Central and Paramount Home Entertainment.